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Los Angeles Times By Matt Stiles Almost everyone in a position of power in Los Angeles County wants to close the antiquated Men’s Central Jail, a dungeon-like structure that opened six decades ago and is ill-suited to meet the growing mental health nee …

The first presentation to the Vermont Justice Reinvestment II Working Group introduces the Justice Reinvestment process and examines criminal justice and behavioral health trends and challenges in Vermont.   Source: JusticeCenter

Tampa Bay Times By Ileana Najarro Even as they serve their time, incarcerated veterans in Hillsborough County can now receive mental health therapy sessions, career development training and more through a new Veterans Resurgence Program. The brainchild …

Cincinnati Enquirer By Terry DeMio Austin Cicchinelli suffered from depression and addiction and swung from hopeful to despairing in a relentless cycle, his mother says. Amanda Cicchinelli tried desperately to get her son help every time he reached out …

Science Daily By Science Daily Staff Children of incarcerated parents are six times more likely than other children to develop a substance use disorder as adults and nearly twice as likely to have diagnosable anxiety, according to new research from the …

HuffPost By Laura Paddison The bedroom, off a light-filled corridor, is small but not cramped. It houses a single bed, a desk, wardrobe, TV and a small bathroom. The window looks out onto a grassy hill. Outside the door, there’s a kitchenette, where a …

The Hill By Megan Quattlebaum Jeffrey Epstein’s recent suicide in a federal jail in Manhattan is still being investigated. But what we know thus far suggests that his story reflects a broader, painful truth: Many prisons and jails in the United States …

The final report outlines policy recommendations developed to strengthen supervision practices, reduce the number of probation and parole revocations to prison, and increase support for victims of crime. Source: JusticeCenter

Police in America arrest millions of people each year, and the likelihood that arrest will lead to jail incarceration has increased steadily: for every 100 arrests police officers made in 2016, there were 99 jail admissions, up from 70 jail admissions …

Every two years the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights conducts the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), which includes information about school demographics, course enrollment, discipline, and other measures of school quality. For …

This training and technical assistance conference is the second of two annual conferences devoted to the development and support of pre-arrest deflection (PAD) efforts across the United States, and building the treatment and funding capacity to sustain …

10TV.com By Bryant Somerville It’s a new way to patrol and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office says it’s been a problem for far too long. “I would suggest since the 1950s, when this problem really started with the closure of me …

The Urban Institute, with support from Arnold Ventures, recently announced a Request for Proposals from State Departments of Corrections to join the Prison Research and Innovation Network. The Network is a core component of the Prison Research and Inno …

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance is seeking applications for the Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative: Outcomes-based Contracting to Lower Recidivism and Homelessness, which has two categories: (1) reentry ser …

The 25th National Symposium on Juvenile Services, hosted by the National Partnership for Juvenile Services, is designed to bring together leadership and direct care professionals from juvenile services with other human services professionals. The sympo …

Since 1893, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) has been shaping the law enforcement profession. The IACP Annual Conference and Exposition has been the foundation, providing leaders with new strategies, techniques, and resources th …

The 2019 National Tribal Judicial and Court Personnel conference, hosted by the National American Indian Court Judges Association, will provide quality culturally-appropriate continuing legal education to tribal judges, peacemakers, and court personnel …

The 2019 Global Youth Justice Conference will help attendees learn strategies to enhance and expand local volunteer-driven juvenile justice and youth justice diversion programs called Youth/Teen/Student/Peer Courts or Peer Jurys. Conference sessions, p …

This report is the result of a gathering of 20 local leaders from across the country who came together to form the National League of Cities Housing Task Force, chaired by Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to address the housing crisis in America. T …

Impact Justice, with funding from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance, is seeking applications for the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Targeted Implementation Planning and Support (TIPS) program. PREA TIPS will assist …